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A JAPANESE SOLID PEWTER NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO
A JAPANESE SOLID PEWTER NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1850
emerging from its egg, the wings of copper, the eyes originally gilt, unsigned
4cm high
Provenance: Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Paris, acquired from Felix Tikotin, 1965
Published: Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, Paris, 2010, vol.2, p.444, no.K456
Sold for £320
A JAPANESE SOLID PEWTER NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1850
emerging from its egg, the wings of copper, the eyes originally gilt, unsigned
4cm high
Provenance: Julius and Arlette Katchen collection, Paris, acquired from Felix Tikotin, 1965
Published: Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, Paris, 2010, vol.2, p.444, no.K456